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Tivity Health CEO Donato Tramuto, Tivity Health Vice President, Government and Industry Relations Vicki Shepard, and Jim Fiechtl, MD. Bone and Joint Institute
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Page Davidson, Mary Flipse, and Joseph Coughlin, PhD
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Merrill Press, Philip W. Johnston, Donato Tramuto, Trevor Sprague, Heather DiYenno, and Joanne Bean
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Bass, Berry & Sims hosted a reception for attendees of the national Connectivity Summit on Rural Aging, which drew nearly 250 stakeholders from community and faith-based organizations, government, academia and the private sector from across the country.
This was the third summit hosted by Tivity Health in partnership with Health eVillages, the MIT AgeLab and the Jefferson College of Population Health. This year’s summit focused on the conditions in which people live, work and age – also known as the social determinants of health – exploring solutions that can mitigate their impact on older Americans living in rural areas. Tennessee, which is more than 90 percent rural and home to more than 1.5 million adults over age 60, was the ideal location for this year’s summit.
The event featured nearly two dozen speakers and experts, including U.S. Senator William Frist, M.D., award-winning journalist Katie Couric, MIT AgeLab founder and director Joseph Coughlin, Ph.D., Jefferson College of Population Health founding dean emeritus David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., and renowned social isolation researcher Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D.
Other speakers include representatives from Aetna, Humana, Walmart, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Community Living.